IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocated]]> eng]]> deu]]> Photograph]]> Text]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Navy]]> Great Britain]]> England--Bedfordshire]]> England--Luton]]> England--Hertfordshire]]> England--Harpenden]]> Atlantic Ocean--Irish Sea]]> 1942]]> 1948-06-08]]> Middle left, Winston Churchill acknowledging the crowds.
Middle right, crowds gathered outside Buckingham Palace.
Bottom, the King, Queen, Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret with Winston Churchill on the balcony of Buckingham Palace.
Right page: top, Winston Churchill surrounded by people.
Bottom, Field Marshall Keitel signing the terms of surrender.]]>
The Times]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> 1945-05-08]]>
Bottom, a lifeboat, with sails erected on the sea.
Right page; views of a lifeboat falling towards the sea with parachutes attached.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Royal Air Force]]>
Bottom left and right, aerial views of an airfield, annotated '4 pages to do with Bob's work as test pilot Armaments Squadron. Farnborough'.
Right page: top left and right, a lifeboat being dropped from an aircraft. Middle, lifeboat on the sea with released parachute lines.
Bottom, splash landing of a lifeboat onto the sea with parachutes attached.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Hampshire]]>
Bottom left ten people inspecting a rowing boat on a frame. Bottom left, head and shoulder portrait of a boy, annotated 'Ricky'.
Right page: top, man fishing.
Bottom left, portrait of a woman holding an infant, annotated 'Granny 32 myself 1918'.
Bottom right, woman sat outside a house, annotated 'Judy Hartley August 1939 in France'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Civilian]]> France]]> 1918]]> 1939]]>
Right page, head and shoulder portraits of Ricky.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> British Army]]> Right page: top, the Old Hall; bottom, the school cloisters.]]> The Illustrated London News]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Artwork]]> Text]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Hertfordshire]]> England--Berkhamsted]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> British Army]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> England--Hertfordshire]]> England--Berkhamsted]]> 1958-06]]> Middle, left, Christmas greetings.
Middle, right, best wishes at Christmas.
Bottom left, regarding diplomats.
Bottom right, German identity.
Right page, top, announcements of family engagements, marriages and births.
Top left, list of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force and a list of Royal Air Force Volunteer Force members.
Middle left, lifeboat dropped to the crew of an American flying-boat. Middle right, woman with a dog in her arms in a garden.
Third row left, three women, a man and a dog in a garden.
Third row right, five women sat on a bench alongside a hedge.
Bottom left, birth announcements.
Bottom right, a group of five women with a sixth figure with tennis rackets alongside.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription. Other languages than English]]> eng]]> deu]]> Text]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Filton]]> 1913]]> 1915]]> 1942]]> 1944]]> 1951]]>
Middle, Beaufort in flight.
Bottom, Beaufort flight annotated 'experimental'.
Right page: American journal, headlined 'Dieppe'.
Bottom, two women and a man standing in a garden.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Text]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cumbria]]> England--Hawkshead]]> England--Hampshire]]> England--Farnborough (Hampshire)]]>
Top right, six wedding guests including a man and woman in uniform at at Boswell House, North Elkington.
Middle left, wedding party at St. Helen’s Church, North Elkington, Lincolnshire.
Middle right, the bride and groom. Bottom, bride and groom with a man cutting a wedding cake.
Right page, left, 53 women in uniform in front of Rutland Hall, annotated, 'W.A.A.F Officers Initial Training Course, Loughborough 1941. Ursula (5th front) 1st row'.
Top right, man in tails with top hat on a path followed by a man and woman in uniform.
Bottom right, view through trees over water.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Oscar Verhoeven]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Text]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Loughborough]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Lincolnshire--Elkington]]> 1941-10]]> 1941-10-04]]>
Middle, left report of an aircraft landing on a car.
Middle centre, woman holding a baby, reports of engagements and births of babies.
Bottom left, report of the death of Lieutenant Geoffrey William Gray Walker. Bottom right girl on a beach.
Right page: report on a Renault factory.
Bottom left, eight men and two women in cricket attire with a ninth man sat on the grass in uniform.
Bottom right, eight men and five women, three wearing ties, arranged on the grass by a brick wall.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription. Other languages than English]]> eng]]> deu]]> fra]]> Text]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> British Army]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Oxford]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Heckington]]> France]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1943-03-01]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Map]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Belgium]]> France]]> Germany]]> Netherlands]]> Great Britain]]> 1940]]> 1941]]> Middle and bottom, congratulations to Bob on his award.
Right page; top, title of the Vauxhall Mirror.
Middle, report of Bob's operational career and being awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and Sergeant A J Spires being awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal.
Bottom, a group of 32 men, 30 wearing half caps and two in officer's hats, with a dog in front of a Whitley aircraft, annotated 'Bob 2nd left' and '51 Sqn April 1941'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> Germany]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Czech Republic]]> Italy]]> Italy--Naples]]> Italy--Taranto]]> France]]> FrAnce--Dunkerque]]> Middle East]]> 1941-04]]> 1941-06-07]]> 1941-07]]>
Middle left, aerial view of Hamburg docks.
Middle right, bombing targets and fires in Gelsenkirchen.
Bottom left, bombing of Boulogne harbour.
Bottom right, a woman holding a baby with a girl standing alongside.
Right page: a report of raids on Germany's naval harbour at Kiel.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocated]]> Geolocated (cumulative polygon)]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Germany]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> France]]> France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]> 1940-07-03]]> 1940-12-21]]>
Bottom, a group of 13 girls and a teacher taken in the main assembly hall of Headington school.
Right page: top a group of 13 children and a teacher taken in the main assembly hall of Headington school.
Bottom, view of a house in grounds, annotated, 'Bridgewater Lodge, my parent's house in the 1850's'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Stilgoe]]> Pending geolocation]]> Pending identification. Places]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Great Britain]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England-Oxford]]>
Bottom, left head and shoulder portrait of a boy, annotated 'Nov 1963''.
Bottom right, portrait of a girl with toys, annotated 'Hilly'.
Right page: top left, group of four children and a woman in a field.
Top right the Three Horseshoe pub by a canal lock.
Middle left in a wood.
Middle right, penguins.
Bottom left canal boats in a lock.
Bottom right, two children and a woman on a doorstep.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Hertfordshire]]> England--Hemel Hempstead]]> England--Grand Union Canal]]>
Bottom, four men walking abreast, three wearing top hat and tails and one a vicar.
Right page: top left, a rural scene, top right, a view of a maltings across a river.
Middle left, an open topped car with driver annotated 'Inveraray Ash Bank Journey 1906', two children on a beach.
Middle right, the royal yacht Britannia passing under Tower Bridge.
Third row, left, two women doing the crossword and a report of business changes; centre, head and shoulder portrait of a man, annotated 'grandpa Melbourne'.
Right, a man in graduation robes, annotated 'Peter MA graduation day 1937? Clare Bridge'.
Bottom centre, Whitley MH M on the ground.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending identification. Things]]> eng]]> Artwork]]> Photograph]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> Scotland--Argyll and Bute]]> Scotland--Inveraray]]> England--LOndon]]> England--Thames River]]> 1906]]> 1937]]>
Right page: top, Berkhamsted.
Bottom, Park View Road, Berkhamsted.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocated]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> England--Hertfordshire]]> England--Berkhamsted]]>
Bottom left, a view of Whitley NI352 in flight from below.
Bottom right, Whitley H MH on a runway with chocks under the front wheels, annotated 'Bob's Whitley MH H'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]>
Centre, seagull in flight, annotated 'original photograph taken by Bob'.
Top right, weather report; middle, attendees at a police dance, annotated 'Geoff Shaw was in the same squadron (51) as Bob, He was killed on landing at Dishforth one night after an op over Germany when bombs were stuck the undercarriage''.
Bottom left, village bridge and ford over a river. Captioned "St Michael’s, St Albans." 
Centre, cartoon goat captioned "Cuthbert".
Right, a hospital ward following a raid, annotated, 'Mile End hospital'.
Right page: top left, crest of 51 Squadron with the motto 'Swift and Sure', annotated, 'Bob was in 51 Squadron'.
Right, Royal Air Force card.
Bottom, left, head and shoulder portrait of a uniformed man, annotated, 'Peter Captain R.A.M.C.
Right, head and shoulder portrait of a woman, annotated, 'Suzanne, late 1930's'.

Additional information on Gerald Shaw is available via the IBCC Losses Database.]]>
Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Stilgoe]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Text]]> Artwork]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Hertfordshire]]> England--St. Albans]]> England--London]]> 1940]]> 1941-01-28]]>
Bottom; six children sat in a cart.
Right page: top, a group of seven men standing alongside an aircraft with a man standing in its open doorway, annotated 'Bob was engaged in charter flying immediately after the war. This was a delegation led by Lord Burleigh (3rd from left).'
Middle; left, car parked outside a house with wooden fence.
Right, aerial view of Berkhamsted.
Bottom, left, a man and boy standing in a garden, annotated, 'Edgar and David. Park View Road'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocated]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Hertfordshire]]> England--Berkhamsted]]>
Whitley aircraft, B-DY, C-DY and E-DY, flying in formation; bottom, crashed Whitley MH-H, annotated 'Usworth 17 11 40' and 'Sketch by Bob of the end of a bombing trip over Germany. It was an emergency landing at a fighter station and the Whitley overran the runway and broke its back on a bomb dump. Bob was 'Second Joe' (pilot)'.
Right page: top, targets in Mannheim.
Bottom, a group of 60 uniformed men standing in front of a Whitley aircraft annotated '51 Sqd 16.12.40. Bob is 6th from the left'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Text]]> Artwork]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Sunderland (Tyne and Wear)]]> Germany]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> 1940-11-17]]> 1940-12-16]]>
Bottom, Stanley sending love and best wishes.
Right page: propaganda leaflets dropped in Italy and Germany, annotated 'war time propaganda leaflets released by the R.A.F.'.]]>
Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription. Other languages than English]]> eng]]> ita]]> deu]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Warwickshire]]> England--Birmingham]]> Italy]]> Germany]]>
This Interview was recorded by Aviation Heritage Lincolnshire.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> Pending OH summary]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> South Africa]]> Japan]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Southend-on-Sea]]> 1939]]> 1940]]> 1941]]> 1943]]>